Re: Parsing AJAX post data -- The Way

Stut wrote: > M5 wrote: >> Just wondering what smart people do for parsing data sent by the >> Javascript XMLHTTP object--e.g., http.send("post",url,true)... >> >> In a normal form submit, the $_POST global nicely allocates form >> elements as array elements automatically. But with the AJAX way, the >> data get stuffed inside $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA as a string, thereby >> making extraction more tedious. > > What format is the data you are posting in? If it's in the usual format, > PHP should parse it for you. An AJAX (hate that acronym) post request is > no different to a normal post, unless you are not posting in the form > format (var1=val2&var2=val2). Yes, just to elaborate, consider the following (simple AJAX post (using prototype.js as it's great!). function SendRemote(action) { new Ajax.Request('backend.php', { parameters: 'submit='+action }); } This sends a simple form POSTED to the server with one form element (named "submit") which will be available to the server as $_POST['submit']. If you want to add more, just use the & as Stut suggests, e.g.: function SendRemote(action) { new Ajax.Request('backend.php', { parameters: 'submit='+action+'&var2=xxx' }); } etc. HTH Col.